Mavericks sign 5'7 Yuki Togashi of Japan

Today the Dallas Mavericks officially announced the signing of guard Yuki Togashi with the intention of playing him in Dallas' D-league affiliate in order to refine him for the NBA. Per team policy the terms of the deal were not disclosed. The first time I, as well as most people, learned of Togashi was during summer league this year where he impressed fans and scouters alike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYdPAVkwqDY  While he obviously has to go through a transitional period before he can make his way into the Mavericks rotation moves like that floater around the 0:50 sec mark really shows his fearlessness to attack the bigger defender. 

21 year old Togashi played the last season for the Akita Northern Happinets in the Japan Basketball League and even earned himself all-star game MVP and was named to league's best 5 team. Also in case you didn't catch it Happinets, like happiness but like nets, like buckets, like scoring buckets, Happinets. Japan seems cool.

If Yuki gets to play some NBA ball he would become the shortest player in the league as well as the only Japanese player. These two factors could lead to Yuki being a wise investment not only for winning basketball games but for making money as well. Its widely known that many Asian cultures love basketball and love supporting Asian talent. Jeremy Lin who is on a contract worth more than his skill level would earn him isn't seen as a large financial loss since the team makes A LOT of money from jersey sales and whenever a team with Lin on it shows up you can guarantee an increase in ticket sales for that game due to the influx of Asian fans who attend it. I believe Togashi was signed primarily for his skill but Mark Cuban knows money so I can't say he was singed solely for that reason. Either way Yuki Togashi is fun to watch and I can't wait to see him suit up for Dallas. Mffl.